Production Planning Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Production Planning
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Production Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 193 166 173
Rank change year-on-year -27 +7 +80
Contract jobs citing Production Planning 5 1 21
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.11% 0.025% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.030% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 10
10th Percentile £212 - £486
25th Percentile £301 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.16%
75th Percentile £524 - £605
90th Percentile £568 - £607
England median daily rate £513 £618 £600
% change year-on-year -17.00% +2.92% +2.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £35.25
Median hourly rate - - £35.50
75th Percentile - - £35.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £30.00 - £35.50
% change year-on-year - - +162.96%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Production Planning falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,977 3,351 4,313
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.48% 84.51% 88.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,625 1,831 2,903
10th Percentile £219 £294 £275
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £559 £575 £600
90th Percentile £669 £656 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.50% -0.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 173 206
10th Percentile £15.18 £14.54 £15.75
25th Percentile £18.87 £18.00 £17.81
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £27.90
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% +16.49% +29.77%
75th Percentile £45.46 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £70.29 £68.04 £58.92
England median hourly rate £25.15 £36.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -31.10% -17.98% +27.14%

Production Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Production Planning relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Production Planning job vacancy trend in the North of England

Production Planning
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Production Planning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Production Planning

Production Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Production Planning in the North of England over the 6 months to 9 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Production Planning in the North of England

Production Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Production Planning.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Production Planning

Production Planning
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Production Planning within the North of England region over the 6 months to 9 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West -9 3 £377 - 6
Yorkshire - 2 £450 -
Production Planning
England

Production Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (80.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (40.00%) SAP VC
3 1 (20.00%) SAP MM
3 1 (20.00%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Logistics Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) SAP PP Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) SAP QM Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Cost Control
1 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (20.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (20.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (20.00%) Inventory Control
1 1 (20.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (20.00%) Logistics
1 1 (20.00%) Order Management
1 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (20.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (20.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) Ariba
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft